Wildest lives of the wild West : America through the words of wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, and other famous Westerners / / edited by John Richard Stephens

• Pubblicazione: Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Twodot, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Disciplina: 917.3040922
• Soggetto topico: Frontier and pioneer life - United States
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) Biography; West (U.S.) History 1848-1860; West (U.S.) History 1860-1890; West (U.S.) History 1890-1945; États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire 1848-1860; États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire 1860-1890; États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire 1890-1945; West United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Personal Narrative; Biography; Biographies.; History; Personal narratives.; Récits personnels.
• Persona (resp. second.): StephensJohn Richard
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Wildest Lives Of The Wild West ; CONTENTS ; Author's Note; Celebrities of the Wild West (introduction) ; The Making of a Legend; Wild Bill Hickok, US Army Scout; Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill; The Lincoln County War; A Terrible Place to Put a Fellow; Billy the Kid Dies, But Not with His Boots On; Life and Adventures of a Wild West Celebrity; Life on Apache and Comanche Reservations ; Living as an Apache; Coming of the White Man; On the Run for Murder; Cowboy Trouble in Dodge; The Gunfight near the O.K. Corral; Tombstone and Trouble in Colorado; Frontier Men and Women ; Wild Rough Riders of the PlainsConflicts with the Indians; Highwaymen of the Railroad; The Last of the Dalton Gang; Letters Home; Living in the Wild West; Recommended Reading/Bibliography; Index; About the Author/Editor
• Sommario/riassunto: By and about the greatest celebrities of frontier America, these are the stories of their adventures told in their own words through excerpts from autobiographies, articles they wrote, newspaper interviews, private journals, personal letters, and court testimony. These glimpses into the worlds of these legendary figures as they describe their own personal experiences, impressions, what life in the frontier West was like, reveal the roles they played in notable events in American history.
• Titolo autorizzato: Wildest lives of the wild West
• ISBN: 1-4930-2444-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822785203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II